Annual awards recognize employees who contribute to Donaldson’s
success
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI), a leading worldwide manufacturer of
filtration systems and parts, has announced the patent recipients and
winners of the company’s 15th annual Inventor Awards, which are given to
employees whose work on various technology innovations have contributed
to Donaldson’s continued success as a leader in filtration innovation.
Employees can be nominated for one of five designated awards. The
Technology Achievement Award is given to an individual or team who has
developed a material, product, process or method that has made an
extraordinary contribution to Donaldson’s long-term success. This year,
there were two winning teams: The Compressed Air & Process Filtration DF
Filter Line team based in Haan, Germany, and the PowerCore® G3 Flute
team located in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The Emerging Innovator Award recognizes innovative technical leadership
from those with fewer than 10 years of experience at Donaldson. This
year’s winner is William Rossiter, Sr. Engineer, based in Bloomington,
Minnesota.
The Technology Champion Award recognizes employees who advance a
technology or process against popular opinion which is later recognized
as the right thing to do. Stephane Le Merdy, Application Engineering
Manager, based in Domjean France, is this year’s recipient.
The Frank A. Donaldson Award, named after the company’s founder,
recognizes long-term engineering achievement. This year’s awardee is
Mike Gustafson, Sr. Development Engineer, Bloomington, Minnesota.
The Richard M. Negri Manufacturing Excellence Award, named for a
long-time employee and past VP of Operations, whose many contributions
greatly advanced Donaldson’s global operations, recognizes an individual
who has created and implemented significant process technology/product
improvements for manufacturing operations. This year’s awardee is Warren
Dammann, Engineering Manager, Bloomington, Minnesota.
Donaldson also recognizes 91 individuals who received patents in
calendar year 2016: Dan Adamek; Marty Barris; Wayne Bishop; Richard
Brandimarte; Mark Brandl; Fabrizo Buratto; Steve Campbell; Mauro
Cantoni; Paul Coulonvaux; Johnny Craessaerts; Bruce Crenshaw; Andrew
Dallas; Korneel De Rudder; Johan DeWit; James Doyle; Joseph Einberger;
Karim Elayed; Don Engel; Carolyn Finnerty; Johan Fobe; Dan Frembgen;
Steve Gieseke; Janelle Hampton; Derek Hiemstra; Jack Hiemstra; Bruce
Hoppenstedt; Al Hovda; Doug Iddings; Kenji Ito; Wijadi Jodi; Kurt
Joscher; Veli Kalayci; Shigeo Kato; Vladimir Kladnitsky; Bill Krisko;
Brad Kuempel; Jack Kuhn; Josh Kundert; Yutaka Kuwabara; Don Larson;
Marvin Laue; Greg LaVallee; Stephane Le Merdy; Stanislas Le Tallec;
Jerome Lebas; Tom Lundgren; Mike Madden; Francesco Marangoni; Tom
Miller; Troy Murphy; Ben Nelson; David Nelson; Cary Olson; Richard
Osendorf; Kirit Patel; Scott Peters; Paul Peterson; Luca Piva; Antoine
Provost; Tom Raether; Gary Reeves; Greg Reichter; Gary Rocklitz; Bob
Rogers; Jim Rothman; Jacob Sanders; Kevin Schrage; Jim Scott; Piyush
Sharma; Suresh Shenoy; Ajay Singh; Heather Tate; Todd Taubert; Tom Teck;
Junich Teshigawara; Greg Tronnes; William Vanaudenhove; Karthik
Viswanathan; Paul Way; Darrel Wegner; Thom Weik; Paul Wendt; Matthew
Whitten; Gert Willems; Rakesh Yadav; Shugo Yanada; Hajime Yao; Nathan
Zambon; Andrey Zanettin; Dustin Zastera; and Brian Zauner.
“Customers’ equipment and filtration needs are ever-evolving, and
Donaldson’s engineering, technology and operations staffs continually
develop innovative solutions that anticipate and meet these needs,” said
Sheila Peyraud, Donaldson Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.
“With over 1,800 active patents and significant contributions to the
design of industry-leading filter media, materials and products, our
employees are vital to Donaldson’s global leadership in filtration. I
thank and congratulate each of the awardees on their outstanding
contributions and achievements.”
About Donaldson Company
Founded in 1915, Donaldson Company is a global leader in the filtration
industry with approximately 140 sales, manufacturing and distribution
locations in 44 countries. Donaldson’s innovative filtration
technologies improve people’s lives, enhance customers’ equipment
performance and protect the environment. For more information, visit www.Donaldson.com.
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